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All the uncles on my mother's side (from Red Deer) served in the war (all made it back). Uncle by marriage (to my mother's youngest sister) was in the RCN and served in the North Atlantic (as well as later in the Mediterranean). Actually had a distant cousin (also from RD) who was in the...

People are tired of the Libs, but the Tories could still fuck things up and lose the next election. Nothing is guaranteed.

Gee, not much of a surprise. The usual way things tend to go, is that the voting public tend to get tired of a gov't that's been in power for a couple of terms and votes in the other party next election. Rinse and repeat.

I was going to mention Canadian whiskey, but the major Canadian brands are all foreign owned now. So everything Canadian seems to be foreign owned. For example, Hudson's Bay Company used to be an iconic and historic Canadian retailer, but has long been American owned. Don't really see why...

What???!! Come on! What about House Trudeau and House Mulroney? ;)

OK, seriously, I think there may be a way to help make the Monarchy more Canadian in the eyes of the public. There could be a Ceremonial Rank that the Monarch holds. similar to Admiral of the Fleet, Marshal of the RCAF, and Field Marshal. This rank could be called Marshal of Canada (which...

If there is an attempt to "Canadianise the Monarchy", we might see Justin Trudeau declare himself king. I'm sure everyone here would love that.:p Best to leave things as they are.;)

Okay, so officially the Queen and members of the Royal Family are considered Canadian. You'll find that in any gov't publication on the subject on the Monarchy ("Crown of Maples", for example). I added the word "citizen" which seems to have sparked some debate. Whether or not a monarch can be...

The idea of Canadianizing the monarchy is a bit strange as all members of the Royal Family are Canadian citizens (as well as Australian, NZ, etc., etc.). Again comes down to the fact that provinces don't do a good job of educating Canadians to be good, informed citizens, as most people don't...

The biggest obstacle facing the monarchy in Canada is that, due to lack of national educational standards, most Canadians don't understand how the gov't works and the Monarchs role in it. There is also the media constantly referring to Her Majesty as the "Queen of England" instead of the Queen...

Maybe it's time for the gov't to declare that the War Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are sacred ground and that no protests or political demonstrations are allowed there. Make the first offence a hefty fine ($1500 or so) and add on jail time for further offences. But that would mean...

So.....will officer cadets in training who want to go to the Canadian Space Division be called Space Cadets? Sorry, couldn't resist.:p

There is actually a hybrid system that uses a combo of the current plurality system (FPTP), for individual ridings, and proportional rep. (party list) where you just vote for a national party (doesn't have to be the same as who you voted for in your riding). Pretty simple. The main thing that...

Shouldn't this section be title Navy Admiral?? Sorry, couldn't resist! :p

The idea that southern Ontario/Golden Horseshoe would leave Canada is silly in that they believe they ARE Canada (aside from Quebec) and all other provinces (aside from Quebec, again) joined them. So they wouldn't be leaving, they'd be kicking everyone else out of Canada. Toronto would be...

If Toronto ever tries to leave Canada and join the US (not that it would be an easy thing to do, constitutionally), we should trade TO for Alaska (and maybe a bag of magic beans).:p

Yes, every time I saw him on TV, I thought, "Buy a fucking comb!!" How can someone who hasn't even mastered basic grooming be taken seriously?!!

BTW, Ensign is an army rank, not a naval rank. Just ask the footguards.;)

That is true. I wasn't proposing that the federal government come up with curriculum and course content, but they could come up with a general national standard of education. Something like - by the time kids finish elementary school, they should have basic knowledge of this, this, and this...

Hate to beat a dead horse, but that's because education is a provincial responsibility and so there are no national standards for it. Plus the fact that many provincial governments will cut education (as well as health care) spending as the first thing to try and cut costs . Why do we need a...